An overview of the Chloropidae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia Author Dawah, Hassan A. Author Abdullah, Mohammed A. Author Deeming, John C. text Zootaxa 2020 2020-06-15 4791 1 1 71 journal article 21678 10.11646/zootaxa.4791.1.1 f530d842-6e03-4335-941c-f14930921041 1175-5326 3895893 96163E4E-BE84-4CF0-BD34-7E8BF815114D Scoliophthalmus trapezoides Becker, 1903 ( Fig 39 ) Scoliophthalmus trapezoides Becker, 1903: 147 . Specimens examined. 1♂ , 2♀ , Jazan , Abu Aresh , Al-Mahdag village , 1.ii.–3.vi.2011 , Malaise trap , H.A. Dawah ( CERS ) ; same data but, 1.ii.2011 ( CERS ) ; 2♀ , Asir , Abha , Hay Al-Nusub , 14.iv.2001 , sweeping grasses, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC ; CERS ) ; 1♂ , Asir , Keratha , Al-Ethrebany Fruit Farm , 15.v.–11.vi.2006 , Malaise trap , H.A. Dawah ( CERS ) ; 2♂ , Asir , Abha , Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan , 25.ii.–25.v.2002 , Malaise trap , H.A. Dawah ( CERS ) . FIGURE 39 . Scoliophthalmus trapezoides Becker, 1903 .Male. Distribution. It was recorded from Saudi Arabia by Dawah & Abdullah (2006) ; El-Hawagry et al. (2016 ; 2017 ). It was described from Egypt and further recorded from Burkina Faso , Cameroun , Kenya , Mozambique , Nigeria , Senegal , South Africa , Tanzania , Uganda and Zambia ( Sabrosky 1980 ). Remarks. This species is a primary attacker of shoots of Poaceae . It has been reared in Africa from cultivated sorghum, bullrush millet and maize. Other host plants listed by Deeming (1972: 20) are Sorghum verticilliflorum (Steud.), Pennisetum purpureum Schumach , Hyparrhenia cyanescens (Stapf) , Sporobolus pyramidalis Beauv. , Oryza barthii A. (Chev.), Echinochloa sp., Eleusine coracana Gaertn. , and Setaria sphacelata M.b. Moss ( Dawah & Abdullah 2006 ; Deeming & Al-Dhafer 2012 ).